EXCITING BOXING AT LEICHHARDT ! ' !" Brander Was Game,-But | Lost on Points Draw Would Have Been j\ ^;^^fei®l^becision Lee Brander (9.8), of Toora ' wccnali, put up a sensational fight at Lcichhardt on Tuesday niijhl in oppoc/tion to Jim Kelso (9.6). At the end of iha scheduled c,.vo1vo •rounds the referee's verdict was in favor of Kelso, but a more popular decis'on would have been a draw. Terrific punishment was .taken by both men. In the second :-ound Kelso' was rocked w:th a beautifully tin) ad straight left, but made , a wonderful recovery. ,Brander's most cfTsctivc punch was a l'ight and left to tho body'. At the end of ttoa ninth, round the points wera about evenly.divided, but Kelso took the ton h. The next session was mostly in favor of Lee 'Brander. and in the last- round (here was Iitt'e to chooss between, the pair. The final round wrs hard fough1, with both men landing fre quently.

GILGANDRA SHIRE COUNCIL Monthly Meeting Tha usual monthly mce.ing of /tire G-lgandra Shirt? Council .was hei'd'.-jn .the .Council Chambers on Friday last, January J 0.' There was a fu!i attend ance' of council ors,, viz., ^Crs. i. Ti. .Townsancl :■ (President), '-McAllister ■ (IJepuiy-PresidentJvjHi'.chen, Fallon, I Yeo, Jon:s, Hayries, O'Brien and '''Nell. M'nutes' of hte special meeting I Irld on 13/12/29 and las: general: iv . fting on 13/12/29, were .read' and jnfirmcd on ffcho motion of Crs. 5 and O'Brien. • y . The . 'Firiirnce • Committee's Teport was ,ppcsed 'for payment on tha mo lion of Crs. Jones and Haynes. v - BOYBEN BRIDGE - r , ■The Pres'dent referred to the dan gerous approaches to ;he Boyben : Bridge and a's the work had been do-' clared a National one, they should prot:«t to 'he. Main Roads Board. . • Cr. O'Brien said that anyone com ing on to the bridge from the Men-.| dooran side was likely to taku the. old track and end -up in the river.. The rpp'.'oaches shou'd...

A POPULAR MEMBER . *■ . Mr. W. :F.TDunn, acconipaniod by Mrs. 'Dunn spent, Chrisrmas, and Boxing Day in; Dunedoo, as the • guests of M:\ J." J. Alam,, Hundreds of. old . friends renewed •. acquaintance i with Mr. 'Dunn • at* the sports on Box ing Day, and all wers pleased to see him looking so; well. -For uninter rupted politcal life ;thers are' only two members: in the. Legislature—■ Mr." J. C. L.-^Fitzpatrick and ^tv. Dan Levy—who have .'longer records than the popular member, from Mud-, gee. The secret of Mr. Dunn's suc cess in the district that is practically rural," is "his personality 'and' the prompt attention to -all correspon &amp;lt;lonc2 from people in the electorate. : Mr. Dunn knows the, good fee'ing ■ongondK'ad (by sympathetic atten tion to all matters, big and small, that are a daily feature of his life.— .Mudgcc Guardian. '

MR. SMITHERS BUSY ■ Mr. Smithers, of • Gilgandra.-who • is ;a candidate for the Labor selection for the Cast*.ereagh •••• electorate, • ;• de livered-.' an address in Copnnm'blc on last Friday evening'.

GRAZIERS GLAD Word has gladdened tho hiarts- &amp;lt;>i graziers on holdings in thfc Karri* gundi and Louth districts, that "D'n go," tho" wild dog, who baa been rav aging flocks for the past tan years, had boen shot. For some months, Messrs. D. Kplly, of Louth, and Nor man White, of Mulya, were stalking and setting traps for the dor-', but at lest ho has fallen a victim to the r!fl« of Mr. Kelly. Tho dog measured 5 ft. Sin. from tip to tip, and weighed 501bs. It had been causing trouble to sheep flocks in theJ above districts overy year. Graziers of tha district were so pleased that the slu'ep-kiilev had been done away with that a sub scription wag made, and presenta tions made to Messrs, Kolly and Whits. Mr. Kelly Was handed' thS stfm of £10;

FAMILY ENDOWMENT The Position In Rurai Industries (To The Editor) There, are soma, that helped to put': the present • Government: in power, and with it the .Country Party, who have not hesitated to, express, their j disapproval of the ■-.••fact that' Fami'y.: Endowment continues to be an in stitution in New South-Wales. Bofore employers in rural industry pass hasty judgment upon the Coun try Party or upon the Government as a whole, it would be worth their while to consider just what the Go vernment has done to relieve in dustry of the burden imposed upon it by the 'ate Labour Government (a burden..that will undoubtedly be re imposed by the next Labour Govern-, nicnt), and in part:cular to realises the effects of the last amending act upon themselves. Most of the story is well known. In the first place the Bavin-Butten shaw Government did not have a mandate to throw Family Endowment overboard. It had a mandate to pre serve the pr'nciple of Family En dowment" but to relieve industry o...

CHEQUE FOR £500 Splendid work by the Dubbo bhanch of the Country Women's Association and a generous response from pub Ko-splrited citizens and bodtas, ba*c r«snltad n a cheque of £500 being banded to .the koapiW.

CUTTING COSTS Studebaker Engine Painting ./The /simplicity of many time-sow • in{?r devices employed by Studebaker in Hie building of its motor cars is exemplified ^n othe ■ unique^ method used' in the painting of engines after assembly. Many important parts of an on-. ;ine::such as -'the ' carburetor, gensra . .tor, -fuel, pump, spark plugs, distri butor,-oil filter, starter motor, ex haust,' and intake manifolds, must not be touchcd with paint. ...:-:"-v.Wero it necessary for a workman to do; the job by hand so as to care fully cxclude thog6 parts, much time would be required for the work. A / simple and effective method of paint ing has therefore been devised by Studebcdcer, which cuts the entire operation to less than 11 minutes pei- engine. As the engine leaves tho motor assembly line, it is hooked to an over head chain -conveyor which trans ports it to the paint booth for its final dressing up. Just before the engine enters the booth attendants slip specially shap ed metal hoo...